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  • 41Humoralism — In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. The humors were part of an ancient theory that held that health came from balance… …

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  • 42anger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See resentment.Ant., good nature, jollity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrath, rage, fury, passion, choler, temper, bad or ill temper, ire, indignation, acrimony, animosity, hostility, hatred,… …

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  • 43resentment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of having been affronted Nouns 1. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation; pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness,… …

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  • 44ire — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. anger, wrath, fury, rage; see anger . See Synonym Study at anger . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. anger, rage, fury, indignation, wrath, displeasure, choler, vexation, dudgeon, passion, irritation, *Irish. see anger III… …

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  • 45Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 46cholera — [14] Greek kholéra originally meant ‘illness caused by choler, bilious attack’; it was a derivative of kholé ‘bile’ (which is related to English gall). Passing into Latin as cholera, it began to be used for ‘bile’ itself, both in the… …

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  • 47cholera — late 14c., choler, bile, melancholy, from L.L. cholera, from Gk. kholera a type of disease characterized by diarrhea, supposedly caused by choler (Celsus), from khole gall, bile, from khloazein to be green, from khloros (see CHLOE (Cf. Chloe)).… …

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  • 48humour — (US humor) noun 1》 the quality of being amusing, especially as expressed in literature or speech.     ↘the ability to appreciate or express humour. 2》 a state of mind: her good humour vanished.     ↘archaic an inclination or whim. 3》 (also… …

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  • 49humor — hu·mor (hyo͞o’mər) n. 1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: »could not see the humor of the situation. 2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: »a writer skilled at crafting humor. 3. The ability… …

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  • 50cholera — [14] Greek kholéra originally meant ‘illness caused by choler, bilious attack’; it was a derivative of kholé ‘bile’ (which is related to English gall). Passing into Latin as cholera, it began to be used for ‘bile’ itself, both in the… …

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